Politics

Many in Jamaica are rejoicing at the capture of Christopher “Dudus” Coke, the drug lord who has been extradited to the United States on charges of drug trafficking and gun running. Coke is reputed to be the head of the murderous Shower Posse, which was responsible for more than 1,000 killings in the United States…

The uninsured with pre-existing conditions will have an opportunity to get health insurance under President Obama’s new health care plan, but at what cost? it seems that the premiums for health coverage for those with pre-existing conditions can be high, depending on the state. Premiums will range from $140 to $900 per month. The range…

In another instance of being kicked while down, Senate Republicans and Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson voted against a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits for another 6 months. With the death of Sen. Robert Byrd and Nelson’s nay vote, Democrats failed to protect the interests of unemployed Americans. Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan…

First lady Michelle Obama will speak at the NAACP’s 101st Annual Convention in St. Louis on July 12, 2010. Obama will continue her push to get Americans more fit and healthy by addressing the epidemic of childhood obesity. She will use this opportunity to promote her comprehensive campaign, Let’s Move! which advocates healthier foods in…

Remember when people were making jokes about Bill Clinton being the nation’s first black president because of his most deplorable acts — womanizing, lying under oath, being raked over the coals for reasons some thought were irrelevant to his presidency? Comedians, Toni Morrison and black intellectuals felt quite free to utter those words. Now a…

The second day of the confirmation hearings of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court was marked by some substantive dialogue, respectful banter and even an exchange of ethnic humor between the nominee and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans and Democrats alike seemed to have forgotten the previous day’s tensions.  But for many…

It’s cold in here. Just days after U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Medvedev met at the White House to thaw post-cold war relations, news of a suburban Russian spy ring has emerged. Not surprising, since the relationship between the two Cold War rivals has been marked by alleged spy rings. The saying “Keep…

Oscar and Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson spoke publicly for the first time about the murders of her mother, brother and nephew by her brother-in-law on VH1’s Behind the Music. She said the incident was “surreal” and she “felt like she was outside of herself.” Hudson says she spent so much time in seclusion because…

The phone rings. It’s your 75-year-old Aunt Mildred, the one who helped you and your brother financially after your father died. She also helped your first cousins whose mom was disabled, and always had a little extra for her brother Steve who had difficulty making ends meet after he retired. Aunt Mildred is calling to…